On June 19, 2021, at about 2:55 a.m., San Francisco Police officers responded to a reported shooting near Eddy and Larkin Streets and found 31-year-old Earl Jordan on the sidewalk with an apparent gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and pronounced deceased.

The San Francisco Police Department Homicide Detail investigated and identified 25-year-old Alexander Phillips as a suspect. Phillips was arrested on June 29, 2021, by the SFPD Narcotics Detail on outstanding warrants unrelated to the homicide. Further examination of DNA evidence and additional investigative work produced probable cause to arrest Phillips for Jordan’s murder; on July 8, 2021 he was formally arrested on charges including homicide and multiple firearm offenses. Phillips remained in custody and the investigation was ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened near Eddy and Larkin Streets that night, please share details with investigators.